GPA’s Ocean Terminal renovation now 55 percent complete in Port News 13/06/2026 Renovations at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal have passed the halfway mark. The nearly $1.6 billion project will allow the 200-acre facility to grow its annual container capacity from 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units to 1.75 million TEUs. “Growth in population and manufacturing across the Southeast means we must be ready to meet future demand,” said Georgia Ports President and CEO Griff Lynch. “Improving Ocean Terminal now will allow us to continue the efficient flow of cargo between our docks and inland markets that customers rely on.” GPA has upgraded the first of two berths at Ocean Terminal. That dock space serves working ships, and as an optional staging area for Garden City Terminal. When a berth opens at Savannah’s main container port, the ship can move there right away. Work on the second berth is expected to be finished in late June 2026, accommodating two large vessels simultaneously. Upon completion, the docks will span a total of 2,650 feet. GPA will continue to work only smaller vessels at Ocean Terminal until the first phase of the container yard renovation is complete. The first half of the renovated yard will open in mid-fall 2027, with the entire yard completed by the end of 2028. Until the first half of the yard is ready, the docks will also be available as lay berths. From this staging area, vessels of any size can quickly move to open berths at the 1,500-acre Garden City Terminal, where cargo will be moved on and off. A $29 million overpass funded by Georgia Ports routes trucks from the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal onto U.S. 17/Interstate 16, avoiding neighborhood streets. The nearly $1.6 billion renovation of Ocean Terminal will allow the 200-acre facility to handle up to 1.75 million twenty-foot equivalent container units per year. (Georgia Ports) Truck access and traffic flow will also benefit from the Ocean Terminal renovations. The new g